Synopsis
An archive of Sunday messages from New Life Fellowship Church in Elmhurst, NY. Visit us on the web at newlife.nyc (http://newlife.nyc/)
Episodes
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Destroying the Walls that Divide | The New Family of Jesus | Pastor Sherin Swift
18/05/2025 Duration: 43minWe continue our 8-week sermon series titled The New Family of Jesus. This message examines the gospel’s call to a new humanity that addresses the complexity of ethnic & racial diversity. Scripture Referenced: Ephesians 2:14-22
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Standing in Power Together | The New Family of Jesus | Pastor Shauna Rushing
11/05/2025 Duration: 37minHow do we, as the new family of Jesus, respond to the division and injustices we are encountering all around us? We continue our 8-week sermon series titled The New Family of Jesus, exploring what Ephesians 6 teaches us about how we can be on guard and stand in power together to resist evil forces at work in our world. Scripture Referenced: Ephesians 6:10-20
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The New Family of Jesus | Pastor Rich Villodas
04/05/2025 Duration: 41minWe're starting an 8-week journey exploring the call to Justice and Reconciliation—values at the heart of our New Life community. This is the first message in this series. In a time marked by division and brokenness, we’ll press into Jesus' vision for a reconciled people and discover how it transforms our hearts, our relationships, and our world. Scripture Referenced: Revelation 7:9-10
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Go (And Tell) | Pastor Redd Sevilla
27/04/2025 Duration: 37minIn response to the resurrection of Jesus, we do what missional followers of Jesus have done over the centuries— we go and tell. Pastor Redd leads us in a message examining how the Easter season is a wonderful time to go to friends and family and tell them of what Jesus has done for you. Scripture Referenced: Mark 5:1-20
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Easter Sunday 2025 | Pastor Rich Villodas
20/04/2025 Duration: 26minWe join the Church worldwide in celebrating our risen Lord, Jesus Christ. Pastor Rich leads us through a passage in the book of Revelation, reminding us of the hope the resurrection offers those who believe. Scripture Referenced: Revelation 2:8-11
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Love in a World of Bullies | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Jason Gaboury
13/04/2025 Duration: 37minWe live in a world of bullies. But how do we face them? Pastor Jason delivers the final message of our series on The Narrow Path. We explore how Jesus teaches us to confront bullies without becoming like them. Scripture Referenced: Matthew 5:38-48
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Our Judgments | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Rich Villodas
06/04/2025 Duration: 31minPastor Rich continues our series on The Narrow Path. We explore one of the most misunderstood teachings of Jesus. What does Jesus mean when he says "do not judge?" This message has importance for every area of our lives. Scripture Referenced: Matthew 7:1-5
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Our Anxieties | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Helen Kim Nowalk
30/03/2025 Duration: 41minOur daily lives are filled with ample reasons to worry, and yet Jesus says in his Sermon on the Mount that we are not to be anxious. This can feel like a pie in the sky ideal Jesus is holding up that we are not meant to achieve in this lifetime. In this message, Pastor Helen explores Jesus' teachings to understand how Christ's followers can continue to be — as many have throughout church history — people marked by non-anxious peace. Scripture Referenced: Matthew 6:25-34
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The Integrity of Our Words | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Rich Villodas
23/03/2025 Duration: 27minPastor Rich continues to lead us through the Sermon on the Mount. He examines Jesus's statements on the integrity of our words. In a world filled with lies, half-truths, and spin, we learn what it means to align the integrity of our words to our relationship with God and others. Scripture Referenced: Matthew 5:33-37
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Our Desires | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Rich Villodas
16/03/2025 Duration: 30minPastor Rich explores a passage that has been problematic for many. He will unpack Jesus's words on the power of lust and how it impacts our relationships and souls. More than just a sermon on external behavior modification, Jesus will address the aspects we often overlook that lead to transformed lives and relationships. Scripture Referenced: Matthew 5:27-30
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Our Anger | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Rich Villodas
09/03/2025 Duration: 34minPastor Rich continues The Narrow Path series on the Sermon on the Mount as we move through this Lenten season. He explores the role that anger has in our lives and how we can address it in a way that forms us in the way of Jesus. Scripture Referenced: Matthew 5:21-26
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Forgiven and Free | The Narrow Path Series | Jason Gaboury
02/03/2025 Duration: 35minJason Gaboury continues our series through the Sermon on the Mount. He explores the lines "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors" written in The Lord's Prayer, and what it reveals to us about forgiveness. Scripture Referenced: Matthew 6:9-15
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The Lord's Prayer Part 2 | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Rich Villodas
23/02/2025 Duration: 43minPastor Rich continues our series through the Sermon on the Mount. He explores the first three requests Jesus instructs us to pray for that make a significant difference in the ways we are formed by the world around us. Scripture Referenced: Matthew 6:9-11
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The Lord's Prayer Part 1 | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Sherin Swift
16/02/2025 Duration: 39minWe continue our series through the Sermon on the Mount. Pastor Sherin prepares us for Lent by moving us ahead to the opening lines of The Lord's Prayer. In its first few words, Jesus invites us to a simple but profound connection to a God who is committed to your good. Scripture Referenced: Matthew 6:9-13
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A Deeper Righteousness | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Rich Villodas
09/02/2025 Duration: 35minPastor Rich continues our series through the Sermon on the Mount, exploring Jesus' words on being the fulfillment of the Law and Prophets and the calling we have as his followers to live with a deeper righteousness than the Pharisees and Teachers of the Law. We discover how this portion of the Sermon on the Mount is good news for us and how we grow in our spiritual lives. Scripture Referenced: Matthew 5:17-20
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Salt and Light | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Helen Kim Nowalk
02/02/2025 Duration: 37minIn Matthew 5, Jesus follows the Beatitudes with two metaphors that describe Christ's followers. This message, which is part of our Narrow Path Series on the Sermon On The Mount explores how Jesus' words help frame our purpose and the meaning of our lives in a hopeful, yet challenging way. Scripture Referenced: Matthew 5:13-16
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The Beatitudes Part 3 | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Rich Villodas
26/01/2025 Duration: 42minWe continue our series on The Narrow Path with Pastor Rich leading us through the last 3 beatitudes in Jesus' Sermon On The Mount. We will spend most of our time focusing on what it means to be a peacemaker. Scripture Referenced: Matthew 5:6-8
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The Beatitudes Part 2 | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Rich Villodas
19/01/2025 Duration: 41minPastor Rich continues our series through the Sermon on the Mount, exploring Beatitudes 4-6 in the Bible. In these declarations of blessedness spoken by Jesus, we will be invited to hunger for righteousness, live mercifully, and cultivate purity of heart. Scripture Referenced: Matthew 5:6-8
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The People Jesus Calls Blessed | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Rich Villodas
12/01/2025 Duration: 35minWe continue our series through the Sermon on the Mount. Pastor Rich leads us in exploring the first three Beatitudes that Jesus teaches and we discover how Jesus’ way exposes the lies we have come to believe about our world and ourselves. Scripture Referenced: Matthew 5:3-5
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Narrow Path, Spacious Life | The Narrow Path Series | Pastor Rich Villodas
05/01/2025 Duration: 39minPastor Rich kicks off a brand new series entitled The Narrow Path. For the first three months of the year, we journey through the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), patiently working through what is regarded as the best sermon ever preached. Scripture Referenced: Matthew 5:1-2, Matthew 7:13-14